Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballaghanea, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. diam. 31.7m) enclosed by a much-denuded, low earthen bank. An earlier report (OPW 1969) suggested that the original entrance was probably at SE. At the centre of the enclosed area is a low, roughly circular platform of earth and stone (diam. c. 8.5m) which presumably represents a hut site.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV039-013

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